Email

r.brandon.hunter@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics - Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

MD from University of Virginia School of Medicine

Charlottesville

BA from University of Virginia

Charlottesville

Certifications

PALS

AHA

BLS

AHA

American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics

2022-Present

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

2022-Present

Bilingual Staff

Language Proficiency Assessment Program and Language Line Academy

3/29/2023 - certified as bilingual staff via Language Proficiency Assessment Program and Language Line Academy

Honors & Awards

Clinical Trialist

2021- Present, Served as PI and primary advisor for several devices, see Research and Bibliography for detail

Texas Children's Hospital

Intern

Internship (Categorical), Pediatrics, Boston Combined Residency Program, Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. Harvard University and Boston University, Boston, MA

Boston Combined Residency Program (01/2015 - 01/2016)

Residency

Residency (Categorical), Pediatrics, Boston Combined Residency Program, Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. Harvard University and Boston University, Boston, MA

Boston Combined Residency Program (01/2017 - 01/2018)

Fellowship

Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (01/2018 - 01/2021)

Senior Venture Fellow

Senior Venture Fellow, Health Innovation Capital, Chicago, IL. Performing due diligence, evaluating, and executing investment deals in pediatric health with focus in digital health and therapeutics. 2021-2022

Health Innovation Capital

Clinical Advisor

Clinical Advisor, XN Health, Houston, TX. Medical lead in developing a trans-tracheal system to stimulate diaphragm contraction to prevent Ventilator Induced Diaphragm Dysfunction. 2022-2023

XN Health

Clinical Advisor

Medical advisor for company developing a low-cost but durable and sustainable incubator for use in the developing world. Primarily involved with clinical, design, and regulatory advising. 2023-Present

MediCradle

Clinical Advisor

Medical advisor for company developing a needle tracking technology to improve ultrasound-guided procedure success. Primarily involved with clinical, design, and regulatory advising. 2023-Present

Deft Medical

Clinical Advisor

Clinical and design advisor reviewing ICU products in queue for development. 2023-Present

Neotech, Inc.

Professional Statement

Dr. Hunter is committed to high-quality and compassionate care for patients and their families. Clinically he is passionate about the application of point of care ultrasound. His research interests focus on medical device and digital health development, and he is most interested in how academic medical centers can effectively interact with industry to encourage innovation in pediatrics and move the field forward.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Hunter RB, Winston FK, Dehel P, Oh K, Nicklas J, Hartung H "SPRINTing to Innovation: A Large Academic Medical Center’s Strategic Approach to Discovering its Untapped Innovation Potential." 2020 Nov;
• Hunter RB, Jiang S, Nishisaki A, Nickel A, Napolitano N, Shinozaki K, Li T, Saeki K, Becker L, Nadkarni V, Masino A. "Supervised Machine Learning Applied to Automate Abnormal Capillary Refill Detection by Pulse Oximetry." 2020 Oct;
• Yarahuan J, Hunter RB, Nadar D, Gujral N, Fine A, Flett K "Improving Antibiogram Accessibility and Empiric Antibiotic Selection with the Creation of Institutional Digital Antibiogram Tool." 2019;
• Nickel A, Hunter RB, Jiang S, Boulet JR, Hanks J, Napolitano N, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A. "Comparison of Bedside and Video-Based Capillary Refill Time Assessment in Children." 2022 Oct;(Pediatric Emergency Care)

Memberships

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Member

American Academy of Pediatrics

Member

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Member

Section on Advances in Therapeutics and Technology (SOATT), AAPSection on Critical Care (SOCC)

Languages

Spanish